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Dangerously Delaying the Inevitable (FNM)

Posted by fthead9 1052 days ago (http://www.fool.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: economy mortgages real estate
Past evidence of the effectiveness of mortgage modifications is really, really atrocious. read more »
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Will the $8,000 First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Expand to $15,000? - The Home Front (usnews.com)

Posted by fthead9 1075 days ago (http://www.usnews.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: economy real estate
In an effort to jump-start the ailing housing market, Sen. Johnny Isakson, a Republican from Georgia (and a former real estate professional) has intr[...] read more »
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Hacker cracks TinyURL rival, redirects millions of Twitter users

Posted by fthead9 1076 days ago (http://www.computerworld.com)
Category: Tech | Tags: hacking social media twitter
A URL-shortening service that condenses long Web addresses for use on micro-blogging sites like Twitter was hacked over the weekend, sending millions[...] read more »
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Dow Jones swaps Travelers, Cisco for Citigroup, GM - Yahoo! News

Posted by fthead9 1091 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Category: Business | Tags: dow jones
The Dow Jones industrial average is the latest Wall Street institution to be reshaped by the financial crisis.
The stock market's best-known baro[...] read more »
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Unlimited Calling On Your iPhone With Toktumi's Line2 App

Posted by fthead9 1091 days ago (http://www.toktumi.com)
Category: Tech | Tags: iphone apps
Preview of the new Line2 iPhone app. Looks pretty cool, add a second line on your iPhone with unlimited calling and lots of PBX features. read more »
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Using Desktop Share for Online Meetings

Posted by fthead9 1096 days ago (http://www.toktumi.com)
Category: Tech | Tags: desktop sharing virtual office
Looks like a cool application for sharing your desktop, files, videos and can't beat the price. I'm going to give it a shot with my virtual office.[...] read more »
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Using a Softphone for PC to Phone Calling and Much More

Posted by fthead9 1110 days ago (http://www.toktumi.com)
Category: Tech | Tags: softphone business phone system
How softphones save money and increase business phone system functionality. read more »
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Leaving PCs on overnight costs companies $2.8B a year

Posted by fthead9 1159 days ago (http://www.usatoday.com)
Category: Business | Tags: business technology
U.S. organizations squander $2.8 billion a year to power unused machines, emitting about 20 million tons of carbon dioxide — roughly the equivalent o[...] read more »
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A better way to fix the banks - The McKinsey Quarterly

Posted by fthead9 1186 days ago (http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com)
Category: Business | Tags: banking economy finance
An alternative approach to fixing the banking crisis. read more »
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What's Wrong with Real Estate Sites

Posted by fthead9 1200 days ago (http://www.1000wattblog.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: real estate real estate marketing
Marc Davison's take on how to improve the online real estate shopping/marketing experience. read more »
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Good Deal for Small Businesses: Hosted Virtual Office PBX

Posted by fthead9 1203 days ago (http://www.voipplanet.com)
Category: Tech | Tags: small business virtual office
The service works as a soft phone with the downloadable PC software. You can also use it remotely from a designated mobile phone to check voicemail, change settings, and make calls through Toktumi to avoid exorbitant overseas cell phone rates. read more »
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Who's the Greenest School in the US?

Posted by fthead9 1207 days ago (http://www.treehugger.com)
Category: Green | Tags: eco-friendly green
Climate Culture, an upstart social network built around a sophisticated footprint calculator, has launched its massive college greening initiative, America's Greenest Campus, using rewards that any student can appreciate: an intercollegiate contest read more »
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Senate OKs $15,000 tax break for homebuyers

Posted by fthead9 1208 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: housing market real estate market
– The Senate voted Wednesday night to give a tax break of up to $15,000 to homebuyers in hopes of revitalizing the housing industry read more »
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The Case for Derivatives

Posted by fthead9 1209 days ago (http://www.newsweek.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: financial markets mortgages
They've been dubbed financial weapons of mass destruction, attacked for causing the financial turmoil sweeping the nation and identified as the kryptonite that brought down the global economy. read more »
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Pending home sales rebound

Posted by fthead9 1209 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: home sales real estate real estate market
Perhaps a brief glimmer of hope in the housing market but as one person said probably a mirage based on foreclosure sales. read more »
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